Boutigny-Prouais
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| region | Center-Val de Loire | |
| Department | Eure-et-Loir | |
| Arrondissement | Dreux | |
| Canton | Anet | |
| Community association | Pays Houdanais | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 45 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ E | |
| height | 109-173 m | |
| surface | 32.5 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,745 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 28410 | |
| INSEE code | 28056 | |
| Website | http://www.boutignyprouais.fr/ | |
Boutigny-Prouais is a French commune with 1,745 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Eure-et-Loir in the region Center-Val de Loire ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Dreux and the canton Anet (until 2015: canton Nogent-le-Roi ). The inhabitants are called Botipratiens .
geography
Boutigny-Prouais is about 16 kilometers east of Dreux . Boutigny-Prouais is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Goussainville in the north, Maulette and Dannemarie in the northeast, Bourdonné and Condé-sur-Vesgre in the east, Grandchamps in the southeast, Les Pinthières and Saint-Laurent-la-Gâtine in the south, Ouerre in the southwest, La Chapelle-Forainvilliers to the west and Broué to the west and northwest.
history
In 1972 the previously independent communities of Boutigny and Prouais were merged.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
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| 525 | 533 | 757 | 1087 | 1318 | 1533 | 1641 | 1840 |
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church in Boutigny, reconstruction of the 1957 church, which burned down in 1947
- Saint-Remi church in Prouais
- Le Mesnil-sur-Opton mill, a historic monument since 1969
Saint-Remi church in Prouais
Mill at Le Mesnil-sur-Opton
